The Gist:

• Anderson Cooper appears to be agnostic, but he doesn’t discuss his religious beliefs that frequently in public.
• Anderson does openly discuss his own grief and allows those he interviews to share their own perspectives on faith.
• Anderson’s podcast is all about the grief he feels from the loss of his mother and father.

Although CNN host Anderson Cooper has been open with audiences about certain parts of his life, including his sexuality, he doesn’t often discuss his religious views on the air. As he dives deeper into grief in his podcast, though, many of Anderson’s fans want to know more about his religious views.

Anderson’s podcast, All There Is, dives deep into Anderson’s grief over losing his mother and asks hard questions about what it means to move on. Now in its second season, many listeners want to know whether Anderson’s religion has anything to do with the show.

Anderson is agnostic and doesn’t often discuss his faith in public. While he has focused on grief in his podcast, he has usually allowed his guests to bring their own faiths into the discussion. They explain the way their faith has guided who they are. If Anderson has any religious beliefs, he hides them well.

During Anderson’s conversations with Stephen Colbert, who is a devout Catholic, he often let Stephen discuss how faith had shaped who he became.

Anderson, who is known for being a hard-hitting journalist, also avoids discussing religion because of the way it could shape his coverage or perceptions of him. His mother was Catholic, but he doesn’t discuss his own religious beliefs openly, and there’s no reason that he should unless he feels compelled to do so.

In Anderson’s podcast, which is now in its second season, he has hard conversations about grief and loss, and whether you ever really find a way to overcome it.

“In Season 2 of All There Is, Anderson continues his deeply personal journey to understand his own feelings of grief in all its complexities, and in moving and honest discussions, learn from others who’ve experienced life-altering losses,” the show’s description reads.

Anderson, who lost his father when he was 10 and his mother in 2019, has been open about the way losing both of his parents has shaped him. In an interview with Stephen Colbert from 2019, he explained that he believed that his father’s death changed the person he became, and he wasn’t sure whether it was for the better.

In a video promoting the second season of his podcast, Anderson said that he had been too scared to look through a pile of belongings from his parents that was in his basement. He added that it was the listeners of his podcast who helped encourage him to do it. As his podcast makes clear, grief is an ongoing struggle and Anderson is still working through his own.

The Gist:

• Alaskan Bush People fans have been waiting for news to drop of the show’s 15th season.
• Typically, new episodes air in the fall, but 2023 saw no such new developments.
• The series will now follow the life and times of the Browns following Billy Brown’s passing.

There’s been a lot of speculation about when the Brown family will return to Alaskan Bush People on the Discovery channel, as longtime viewers twiddle their thumbs patiently for a 15th season documenting their lives following the death of Billy Brown. And if it’s been a minute since you’ve checked the show out, as the latest season began in the fall of 2022, you may find yourself wondering: Where are they now?

And while IMDb doesn’t list a set date for the arrival of new episodes, there are still folks who are keeping tabs on the lives of the Brown members. Here’s what they’ve been up to since season 14.

The Gist:

• Charlie Munger had seven children from two different marriages, three with his first wife and four with his second. He also had two step-children.
• Charlie was married once from 1946 to 1953, and then again from 1956 to 2010, when his second wife died.
• Charlie was a professed atheist but said he was open to the notion that there was some higher being out there.

As Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, and an incredibly savvy investor in his own right, Charlie Munger had a substantial net worth of roughly $2.6 billion at the time of his death. Following the news that he had died at the age of 99 on Nov. 28, 2023, many wanted to learn more about one of the wealthiest men in the world.

Charlie, who served in World War II, was much more reserved than some of the billionaires who make headlines regularly. Charlie was known to give pragmatic advice on life and investing, but did he have any kids to pass that advice on to? As it turns out, he had seven.

Charlie had seven children over the course of his life across two marriages. He had three children with his first wife: Wendy Munger, Molly Munger, and Teddy Munger, who died before his father. In his second marriage, he had four more children: Charles T. Munger Jr., Emilie Munger Ogden, Barry A. Munger, and Philip R. Munger. He also had two stepchildren: William Harold Borthwick and David Borthwick.

Although each of Charlie’s children surely stands to inherit quite a bit from his estate, Charlie was intentional. He raised his children so that they wouldn’t live ostentatiously. Charlie and Warren both agreed to live in the same houses they’d lived in for decades instead of upgrading to grander homes.

“I didn’t think it would be good for the children,” he said, explaining his choice to live a less grandiose life.

Charlie was married twice over the course of his life. His first marriage was to Nancy Huggins, who was his sister’s roommate. The two were married from 1946 to 1953, and Nancy died of cancer in 2002 at age 76. Following his divorce from Nancy Huggins, Charlie married Nancy Barry in 1956, and the two were married for decades until her death in 2010. Both Charlie and Nancy Barry had children from previous marriages when they got together.

Charlie was an atheist. He said that while he didn’t think there was a personal God, he was receptive to the notion that there might be some being with higher intelligence out there. He also added that while he wasn’t personally religious, he recognized that religion can have immense value in giving people a sense of morality and community as they live their lives.

Charlie was also a Republican, but he was an unconventional one. He wasn’t afraid to speak his mind on a wide array of issues as he moved through the world.